Azure Remote App Questions Answered

The Azure Remote App Jump Start that we ran a few weeks ago generated lots of really great questions just like they always do. As promised here are the questions that we received during the Jump Start answered for your reading pleasure. If you’d like to read questions from the Azure AD, Microsoft Intune or Azure RMS Jump Starts you can and coming up in just a couple of weeks’ time we have the Windows 10 As A Service Jump Start, which will heavily lean on some of the core skills developed over the past few months, during these jump starts. You can also view the jump starts for Azure AD, Microsoft Intune and online now, and Azure RMS and Remote App episodes are just days away!

Let’s get to the questions and answers…

Question: Can a user only be assigned to one RemoteApp collection and can collection only have one template image? How can user access two different template images? I have a scenario where I have two applications that cannot be installed to same computer. Is my only choice to try App-V virtualization?

You can contact support and ask them to enable the user to be assigned to multiple collections. You may want to consider using App-V regardless so that you can reduce your monthly cost.

Question: The hybrid collection requires a vNET. Can we use our existing vNET?

Yes, you can use an existing Azure VNet

Question: Are there any criteria I must meet to use the cloud and my existing network equipment simultaneously?

There are two deployment types in Azure Remote App: Cloud and Hybrid. Hybrid can connect to an existing AD DS and apps that authenticate with Kerberos using Azure VPN or Express Route. Of course in both “Cloud” and “Hybrid” you are using the cloud for your remote apps.

Question: I would like to know please how would you handle Azure RemoteApp app collection with MySQLDB. Can I do this with a cloud deployment or it has to be a hybrid deployment?

You should be able to use cloud deployment. You will need to enable the appropriate endpoints for your MySQL VM, of course this assumes that your MySQL VM is in the cloud and being connected to over HTTP.

Question: Utilizing external data for RemoteApp – for something like Sage50 which needs a file share, where would we store that data in Azure?

You could store that for example in a Azure VM in IaaS, and have that connected to the same Azure vNet as your Azure RemoteApp Collection or you could connect that same vNet to your existing on-prem deployment for the file server using Azure VPN or Express Route

Question: Can we use web based application using Azure?

If you mean publishing a web based application as a RemoteApp? Yes, you can. Simply publish Internet Exploring as a RemoteApp and provide the URL as a parameter.

Question: Can we publish multiple Internet explorer with diff URLs?

Yes, that is possible.

Question: Is there a possible solution for 16 bit or 32bit application publishing solution?

16-bit applications are not supported. 32-bit applications normally will work fine, provided they are compatible with 2012 R2 RDSH multi-user environment.

Question: What transport protocol is used to stream the App to the client?

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Simon May is an Infrastructure Technology Evangelist at Microsoft concentrating on Devices and Services but with special interests in deployment and device management. Simon is a professional public speaker and the author of several books on Windows. Opinions on this blog are his own.